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NAACP Says Mississippi Failed to Use Billions of Covid-19 funds to Help People of Color
Black residents took the biggest hit from the pandemic due to a lack of resources despite billions of dollars given to the state.
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Georgia Has More Schools Named After Confederate Leaders Than Any Other State In the U.S.
The Southern Poverty Law Center Chief of Staff Lecia Brooks says that many of the schools are in Black or non-white communities.
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Sounds Like Hate Returns to Explore the Driving Forces Behind Bigotry and Hate in America
The Southern Poverty Law Center prides itself on monitoring the activities of domestic hate groups and other extremists, while working in partnership with local communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements, and advance the human rights of all people. But did you know they also have a podcast? In its inaugural season, their audio…
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Pentagon Report Spotlights White Supremacism in U.S. Military That Can Increase ‘Potency of Planned Violent Attacks’
The recent revelations of a Pentagon report sent to Congress ahead of the 2020 election probing white supremacy in the ranks of the U.S. military back up Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s recent “stand down” order tasking the armed forces with addressing the urgent problem. The report, which was commissioned by Congress and first reported by…
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Southern Poverty Law Center Estimates 160 Confederate Monuments Were Taken Down in 2020. We Need to Pump Those Numbers Up
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), estimates that approximately 160 Confederate monuments were taken down over the course of 2020. Come y’all, those are rookie numbers, we need to pump those numbers up. The Associate Press reports that the SPLC has released the figures as part of its “Whose Heritage?” database that keeps track of…
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Of the Nearly 1,800 Confederate Symbols on Public Land, 59 Have Been Removed Since George Floyd's Death
Today I learned that there are, literally, over a thousand Confederate symbols on public land all over America. In recent years, calls have grown for these glorified participation trophies to be removed, calls that have only grown louder in the wake of George Floyd’s death earlier this summer. According to CBS News, an update to…
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Appeals Court Revives Lawsuit Alleging Racial Disparities in Mississippi Schools
Racial disparities in education have long been an issue that black people want addressed and remedied. From redlining to a general lack of resources, schools in black communities have gotten the short end of the stick for some time. In Mississippi, a group advocating for education reform seeks to take action in closing the racial…
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Under the Trump Administration, Anti-LGBTQ Hate Groups Have Steadily Risen
The last four years have shown the Trump administration to be little more than an engine of hate. Just about every action taken by the administration has been an attack on some of our most vulnerable populations, be it immigrants, people of color or just the flat out poor. The worst of this country has…